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TRUCKING NEWS

PennDOT Installs Warning Signs on I-81 After Years of Tractor-Trailers Cutting Through City and Striking Low Amtrak Bridge

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — PennDOT recently put up advisory signs on Interstate 81 warning tractor-trailer drivers to stay off Front Street. The signs target a...

Truck Driver Admitted He Spotted Failed Air Bag, Ordered a Replacement, Then Hit the Road Without Waiting — CHP Grapevine Pulls Truck From Service

GRAPEVINE, CALIFORNIA — A driver admitted to CHP inspectors that he had spotted a failed air bag the day before, ordered a replacement, and...

CHP Inspector Finds Brake Chamber Not Secured to Bracket Rendering Brake Completely Inoperative — Truck Pulled From Service

CORDELIA, CALIFORNIA — A California Highway Patrol inspector at the Cordelia Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility discovered a brake chamber not securely mounted to its...

Dump Truck Strikes School Bus Carrying Eight Students on Highway 157 in Bossier Parish — All Students Suffer Minor Injuries

BOSSIER PARISH, LOUISIANA — A dump truck pulled onto Highway 157 from Sligo Road Friday morning and struck the side of a school bus...

American Trucking Associations Ordered to Pay Rhode Island $200,000 After Losing Bid to Recover Legal Fees in Truck-Only Toll Fight

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND — A federal judge ordered the American Trucking Associations to pay the state of Rhode Island $200,000 on Friday, March 27,...

Dalilah’s Law Act Would Make It a Death Penalty Aggravating Factor for Illegal Immigrants Who Kill With a CDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of Republican senators introduced the Dalilah's Law Act on March 26, 2026, a sweeping piece of legislation that would...

Iowa State Patrol Using Minor Weigh Station Violations to Hand Truck Drivers Over to ICE — Lawyers Call It Pretextual, Judges Demand Answers 

DES MOINES, IOWA — Iowa State Patrol troopers are pulling over commercial truck drivers for weigh station violations and sending them to weigh stations...

34th Strike Since 2022: Virginia Box Truck Driver Says He “Didn’t See” Any of 50+ Warning Signs Before Hitting Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge

SALINA, NEW YORK — A Virginia box truck driver struck the Onondaga Lake Parkway railroad bridge Thursday morning and told deputies he simply "didn't...